YÔKAI DOUCHÛKI
( Tales Of The Monster Path / Shadow Land)
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(c)1987 NAMCO LTD., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Release : 1988-2-5 (¥4900)
HuCard (2 Mbits) NC62001
Action / platform game
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YÔKAI DOCHÛKI, also known as Shadow Land or
Tales of the monster path, is
probably the first game released by Namco for the PC Engine
system and it is the conversion of their own arcade game released
in 1987. You control a boy in a magical and spiritual japanese
shinto world full of zombies and demons. The screen is
split in two and the action mainly happen in the lower part,
the upper part displaying energy bars and a map. Defeated
creatures can drop useful objects and money. The latter
can be spent in shops along the way (more powerful
weapons or soup and rice to gain energy). Some characters
will also want to play mini-games with you. Later in the game,
some special areas will get the hero to meditate and attack using
his ghost spirit.
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The original arcade game was released by Namco in 1987. It was also
converted for the Famicom system in 1988. It is also interesting to
know that a promotional Gold version of the PC Engine game
( Golden game case and HuCard ) also exists and was published in a
incredible tinny amount of copies, extremely rare, and
probably highly expensive nowadays.
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YÔKAI DOCHÛKI is pretty average, but to be fair it
is quite old now. This game can be still fun to play but
unless you understand japanese, it can be frustating in
later stages. There are combinations of objects to look
for (like the purchase of specific key items) and sometimes
you just have to be lucky to find the right one. It is
also a shame that the screen got split in two, however
the arcade game also used this feature so I guess they
had to keep it for the convertion to be perfect. All
in all, YÔKAI DOCHÛKI is not bad, but it is just a
little game, with a little price tag, which won't take much space in your collection.
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